Cholanaikkan

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The Cholanaikkans are one of the most primitive tribes in South India, numbering only 360 in 1991.They are one of the indigenous communities of Kerala state, India. They are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes of South India, living in the Silent Valley National Park (Kerala). This tribe was first contacted in the 1960s, but since this first contact their lifestyle has been altered. Currently they have a 16% literacy rate. They speak the Cholanaikkan language, but around half of them have a basic knowledge of Malayalam. Only a handful of them live as hunter-gatherers now.

See Also Adivasi, Demographics of Kerala